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Dutta, T.; Sharma, S.; Maldonado, J.E.; Wood, T.C.; Seidensticker, J.
A reliable method for individual identification and gender determination of wild leopards (Panthera paruds fusca using non-invasive samples
2012 Conservation Genetics Resources (4): 665-667
We describe a highly polymorphic microsatellite panel for identifying individual leopards using DNA from scat. After successfully screening 16 published microsatellites, we optimized a panel of 7 microsatellites that yields a Probability of Identity between siblings value of 5.24E-04. We used this panel to identify 217 individuals from 287 leopard scats collected from five tiger reserves in Central India. We identified 101 males and 92 females by amplifying a fragment of the Amelogenin protein gene. This panel will be helpful to study genetic structure, gene flow, relatedness and sex ratio of leopards.
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